Operation Echo

Artist: ElectricBlur Records Album: American Psycho Tribute Album Location: n/a Genres: Vaporwave, Synthwave Year Released: 2018-10-15 Format(s) Released: Bandcamp Explanation: Yet another record I've been looking for re-surfaced! On my Missing List this was probably the one I was looking for the least. Hell, the only reason it even stood out to me in the first place was that it had such a striking cover. Back in 2018, a reddit user called ElectricBlur launched a Vaporwave netlabel and started looking for contributors. He released a few projects here and there and then at some point decided to make a Vaporwave comp based off the 2000 movie, American Psycho. Chosen likely because ElectricBlur felt it had a 'Vaporwave aesthetic' he obtained a bunch of contributors and put out a compilation of Vaporwave inspired by the movie. Mind you this was years before the Sigma Grindset/Literally Me/The Perfect Girl videos, so you won't find any of those songs here. No Phonk samples e...

Artist: Sound Asylum [Compost & Xperience] Album: They Location: Seattle, USA Genres: Conscious Hip Hop, Backpacker, Oldominion Year Released: 2007-xx-xx Format(s) Released: CD Explanation: Sound Asylum is a rap duo consisting of Xperience and Compost. Based outta Seattle they dropped one album and dipped. Xperience is still around and dropped an album back in 2024. No idea where Compost is but he appears to have been part of the rap group Microscope Dragons. My guess is that he's just some local emcee or an aka for Onry Ozzborn or Graves33 (more on that later.) This is "They", their only album. It's standard Northwest/Oldominion-adjacent rap. It's that Backpacker sound that I love and can listen to nonstop if I'm in the mood. A combo of more chill and some aggressive beats, lyrics revolving around their upbringing in the northwest, empowerment and the state of the American government. Northwest has this awesome flute that comes in for the chorus. Other Th...